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JANUARY 18, 2024
Say what you will about VCs, but we’re a mostly predictable bunch. You know what our incentives are and we care enough about our reputation within the ecosystem to not do anything too terrible—usually. Still, there are a lot of downsides to taking venture money—the push to grow at all costs, our desire to be all up in your business, literally, and sometimes, we’re kind of obnoxious.
Revolution
JANUARY 18, 2024
Revolution Ventures Invests in Kashable, the Fintech Leading the Socially Responsible, Employer-Sponsored Credit Movement The $25.6M Series B will be used to expand sales and engineering teams and increase the company’s loan portfolio. Meet Kashable — the fintech equipping working America with a better way to tackle costly debt and cover unexpected expenses during times of financial hardship.
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American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 18, 2024
Focus is on providing enterprises with AI-native applications to respond to changing the digital landscape. With AI and ChatAI driving a new economy, venture platform 25madison announced it is partnering with Apollo, the publicly traded alternative investment manager, to create an enterprise software venture studio called 25m Evolve. Focusing on incubating AI-native applications, 25m Evolve’s mission is to support companies facing today’s dynamic digital landscape—which is demanding they a
Jason Malki
JANUARY 16, 2024
Phil Nadel: The Serial Entrepreneur and Venture Capital Visionary Transforming Startups into Success Stories I had the pleasure of interviewing Phil Nadel, a well-respected serial entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, published author, and frequent speaker at industry events. He has started and sold several companies and has invested more than $100M in more than 200 startups, including Grove Collaborative, Calm, GRIN, and Zoomcar, and has had several notable exits.
Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
Andreessen Horowitz
JANUARY 17, 2024
Key takeaways Earn trust through results. Flock Safety has built trust with communities by helping law enforcement solve more crimes quickly and safely. Community feedback as a cornerstone of product strategy. Flock Safety’s users are its customers. They actively solicit feedback on the toughest crimes to solve from the communities it serves, then build those crimes into its product roadmap.
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American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 18, 2024
Focus is on providing enterprises with AI-native applications to respond to changing digital landscape With AI and ChatAI driving a new economy, venture platform 25madison announced it is partnering with the alternative investment manager Apollo to create an enterprise software venture studio called 25m Evolve. Focusing on incubating AI-native applications, 25m Evolve’s mission is to support companies facing today’s dynamic digital landscape—that is demanding they adapt.
Jason Malki
JANUARY 15, 2024
Charting the Path to Success in Tech Investing: An Exclusive Interview with GoAhead Ventures’ Founding Trio GoAhead Ventures (“GoAhead”) is a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm founded by three Stanford graduates: Takeshi “TK” Mori, Clancey Stahr and Phil Brady (the “Managing Partners”). GoAhead’s Managing Partners met through their respective Stanford networks.
AsiaTechDaily
JANUARY 16, 2024
London-based startup Goodnotes has recently finalized the acquisition of South Korean startup Dropthebit, the innovative minds behind Traw, a service designed to automatically organize meetings, lectures, and video content into concise notes and videos. The move is set to integrate Traw’s advanced generative AI technology into the Goodnotes platform, enhancing its capabilities.
HPA
JANUARY 19, 2024
HPA is excited to announce our participation in Alphathena’s $4M Series Seed Round , which was led by ETFS Capital. The investment will fund Alphathena’s mission to empower advisors with accessible and customizable direct indexing solutions. Alphathena introduces a robust AI-driven direct indexing platform empowering RIAs to craft distinctive personalization strategies for their clients.
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American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 18, 2024
First-in-nation program will provide $3.6M in income replacement grants and mentorship to first-time entrepreneurs, creating 10 new businesses and helping fuel innovation in strategic sectors The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced the inaugural cohort of the New Jersey Innovation Fellows (NJIF) program. The cohort consists of 10 new businesses, made up of 30 entrepreneurs, that will receive a total of $3.6 million in income replacement grants, as well as mentor
Tomasz Tunguz
JANUARY 18, 2024
This is the machine generated example of metawriting that I mentioned in this post. In my grade school days, a memorable lesson from 5th grade still stands out. My teacher, Mrs. L, was particularly passionate about the importance of structuring our thoughts on paper. She insisted that our class outline every essay before diving into the writing process.
AsiaTechDaily
JANUARY 19, 2024
MSA Novo, a UAE-based multi-stage investment firm, specializes in channeling global best practices and institutional support to portfolio companies, facilitating their growth into regional powerhouses. The firm’s distinctive approach focuses on financial returns and fostering innovation and positive societal change. In an exclusive interview with Asia Tech Daily’s Editor, Yazeed Al-Shammari, a pivotal figure at […] The post From Angel Investing to MSA Novo: Yazeed Al-Shammari’s Journey in Start
Venture Well
JANUARY 16, 2024
Max Derbyshire, COO of Acorn Genetics, shares how the E-Team Program and the Aspire investor-engagement program advanced his innovation. The post Protecting Patient Privacy: Acorn Genetics Is Revolutionizing DNA Testing appeared first on VentureWell.
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American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 18, 2024
MIAMI—Palm Tree Crew, an entertainment, hospitality, and investment holding company, recently closed a new round of funding at a $150M valuation. Backers in the $6M round included Barry Sternlicht, Brad Garlinghouse, David Adelman, Jim Coulter, Jonathan Kraft, Keith Rabois, and Michael Meldman, among others. Palm Tree Crew, through its investment arm, also recently raised a $32M venture fund that focuses on providing capital to early-stage disruptive brands across the consumer and technology spa
Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 19, 2024
You may have read Anya Crowe’s post about key takeaways from five days on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson and 53 EO members. Did it make you wonder how EO members gained exclusive access to the iconic entrepreneur? Simply put: Because of MyEO. MyEO is a unique EO programme that enables each EO member to curate their own tailor-made curriculum of groups and events that match their interests and passions, while connecting with other members who share them.
AsiaTechDaily
JANUARY 17, 2024
Malaysia-based food startup Meals in Minutes has successfully raised $1.5 million in a seed funding round, with 500 Global leading the investment and participation from an undisclosed private investor. With the infusion, Meals in Minutes aims to enhance its meal kit offerings, providing customers with more diverse and time-efficient options. Meals in Minutes has outlined a […] The post Meals in Minutes Raises $1.5M to Spice Up Meal Kit Offerings and Expand Globally first appeared on AsiaTechDail
Venture Well
JANUARY 16, 2024
Max Derbyshire, COO of Acorn Genetics, shares how the E-Team Program and the Aspire investor-engagement program advanced his innovation. The post Protecting Patient Privacy: Acorn Genetics Is Revolutionizing DNA Testing appeared first on VentureWell.
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American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 18, 2024
Focus will be on adaptive retail for customers, workforce and society Walmart president and CEO, Doug McMillon energized the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) delivering a keynote this week about the company’s new type of commerce, describing it as “customer-centric, interconnected, frictionless and one that consistently exceeds expectations”. He also outlined the company’s plan for ongoing innovation that will create technology for the benefit of customers, members, its associate team and society
Tomasz Tunguz
JANUARY 14, 2024
Open source models have become a critical part of the AI landscape. I was curious about the trends in the open source ecosystem, so I analyzed HuggingFace data on the top 300 open source models, both by overall usage & also the top of the trending list. Open source models are governed by open source licenses. Similar to regular open source software, Apache & MIT dominate the licenses by model count. 76% of the top models choose one of these licenses.
AsiaTechDaily
JANUARY 19, 2024
India-based fintech firm FinAGG Technologies has secured $11 million in its Series A funding round to expand in the MSMEs’ fintech space. The investment was co-led by global impact investment manager BlueOrchard and Tata Capital Limited. The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and existing investor Prime Venture Partners also participated.
Venture Well
JANUARY 16, 2024
Max Derbyshire, COO of Acorn Genetics, shares how the E-Team Program and the Aspire investor-engagement program advanced his innovation. The post Protecting Patient Privacy: Acorn Genetics Is Revolutionizing DNA Testing appeared first on VentureWell.
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American Entrepreneurship
JANUARY 15, 2024
Black/African American women-owned businesses and Hispanic/Latino women-owned businesses have made significant strides Women-owned businesses continue to build a track record of ambition, performance, and perseverance as seen in the 2024 Wells Fargo Impact of Women-Owned Business Report prepared in partnership with Ventureneer, CoreWoman, and Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP).
Berkonomics
JANUARY 18, 2024
Planning for future space needs after COVID. One of the most obvious observations I make with growing company CEO’s is that planning for a new office is done with an optimistic view of the future, incorporating planned space that compromises only slightly the measured needs for the next three or more years as outlined in the financial forecast. Yes, we can mitigate that with starting with a reduced size given the current remote and hybrid work environment.
AsiaTechDaily
JANUARY 18, 2024
Parent-tech firm The Parentinc has acquired a majority stake in the premium mom and baby retailer Motherswork. The acquisition, made for an undisclosed sum, was jointly announced, integrating The Parentinc into the luxury parenting retail space. The Parentinc, recognized as a parent-tech firm, oversees the operation of theAsianparent, a prominent content and community platform designed […] The post The Parentinc Seals Acquisition of Majority Stake in Luxury Retailer Motherswork first appeared o
OkDork
JANUARY 16, 2024
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify In this solo episode, Noah Kagan takes us behind the “Million Dollar Weekend” marketing campaign. From achieving impressive pre-sales to cultivating organic strategic partnerships, Noah breaks down the key elements that he hopes will contribute to the book’s success. This episode is a comprehensive guide to effective book marketing.
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